System and method for analyzing dynamic performance of complex applications

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring the performance and execution flow of a target application and generating a corresponding data model are provided. The system and method comprise attaching to a thread or process of a target application and tracking the execution of subroutines using instrumentation commands. Data representing the execution flow of the various subroutines, subroutine calls, and their performance is gathered and used to generate data models representing the threads and processes of the application. The data models are optionally merged and / or pruned. A visualization of the data models is generated indicating relevant points of interest within the target application's execution flow.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The embodiments disclosed herein comprise a method and system for monitoring and analyzing the performance of complex applications. More particularly, the embodiments disclosed herein relate to a unique procedure for tracking, modeling, and analyzing and the performance of a target application by attaching to and detaching from the application as it executes and generating a data model representing the application's subroutine calls and execution flow.BACKGROUND[0002]Over the past three decades, computing, especially online computing, has proliferated to the point of ubiquity. Whereas computing and computer systems were initially common only in enterprise settings, most individuals and families today own and regularly use a networked computing device of some type. The emergence of the Internet has redefined the traditional paradigm of computing, shifting the locus of most computing tasks from non-networked mainframes or personal computers serving a limite...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]The embodiments disclosed herein introduce a method and system for extracting a data model of a tar

Problems solved by technology

In addition, the complexity of online applications has grown as application providers have sought to take advantage of hardware advances and increases in bandwidth and data transfer rates to provide increasingly sophisticated functionality to end users.

Though such tools do exist, many currently available solutions have not kept pace with the growing sophistication of online applications.

Currently available solutions do not provide a sufficient level of detail in their performance analysis, cause an unacceptable amount of disruption in the operation of the application, or add too much overhead to the application's running time.

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